ALYSON CAMBRIDGE
SOPRANO
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American soprano, Alyson Cambridge, has been hailed by critics as “radiant, vocally
assured, dramatically subtle and compelling, and artistically imaginative” (Washington Post)
and noted for her “powerful, clear voice” (New York Times), and “revelatory, sensual, smoky
readings” (Opera News). Her rich, warm soprano, combined with her strikingly beautiful stage
presence and affecting musical and dramatic interpretation, have brought her over a
decade of success on the leading opera and concert stages in the world, including The
Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera,
Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, but to
name a few, as well as recent debuts in Paris, Warsaw, Beijing, and other musical capitals
throughout Europe and Asia. Her diverse repertoire includes the beloved heroines of Puccini,
Verdi and Mozart (Mimi, Musetta, Donna Elvira, Violetta, and Micaëla among them) as well as
recent successful forays into the crossover, Broadway and jazz repertoire, most notably recent
award-winning and critically-acclaimed performances of Julie in SHOW BOAT and Vi in
Gershwin’s rarely performed jazz-opera BLUE MONDAY. Alyson’s debut album, “FROM THE
DIARY OF SALLY HEMINGS”, a song-cycle by acclaimed American composer William Bolcom,
premiered at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall to rave reviews, and her next album of
crossover and jazz standards is due out within the next year.
Engagements for the 2013-2014 season and beyond include: debuts at London’s Royal Albert
Hall (Francesca Zambello production), Florentine Opera and San Diego Opera, all as Mimi in
LA BOHEME; a return to Washington National Opera as Musetta; her role debut as Bess in
PORGY AND BESS with the Spoleto Festival USA; and her debut with Dallas Opera as Julie in
SHOW BOAT. She will also premiere the title role in a newly commissioned opera,
CLARIMONDE, by renowned French composer and conductor, Frederic Chaslin, and will
debut with Washington Performing Arts Society in a program of newly-commissioned works
written specifically for her. On the concert stage, she joins the illustrious Mo. Craig Jessop and
his American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, returns to the Omaha Symphony for Villa-Lobos’
BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS and Previn’s HONEY AND RUE with Mo. Thomas Wilkins, and joins the
Milwaukee Symphony for their New Year’s Eve Gala. She will also be a featured soloist on the
nationally-televised 75th Anniversary Marian Anderson Celebration Concert in Washington,
D.C.
Recent notable highlights include: eight seasons with the Metropolitan Opera in various roles,
including two Live in HD broadcast productions (THAIS and LA RONDINE); her Lyric Opera of
Chicago debut season as Giulietta in LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN and Julie in SHOW BOAT;
three seasons with Washington National Opera (Musetta in LA BOHEME, Clara in PORGY AND
BESS, Julie in SHO BOAT); her Deutsche Oper Berlin debut (Donna Elvira in DON GIOVANNI);
Polish National Opera (Violetta in LA TRAVIATA); three seasons with Opera Theatre of St. Louis
(Mimi , Juliette in ROMEO ET JULIETTE, Frasquita in CARMEN); Los Angeles Opera (Clara in
PORGY AND BESS); two seasons with PORT Opera (Donna Elvira and Musetta); Boston Lyric
Opera (Mimi); and solo concert performances with the Vienna Kamerorchester and Munich
Philharmoniker with tenor Joseph Calleja, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony
Orchestra, Festival de Saint-Denis, a special recital for the US Justices of the Supreme Court,
and the internationally radio and TV broadcast concert special “Music and the Spoken Word”
as the featured artist with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Ms. Cambridge has also enjoyed
performances under the batons of James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Frederic
Chaslin and Emmanuel Villaume.
Ms. Cambridge's prodigious career got off to an auspicious start – as a graduate of the
Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and Grand Prize Winner
of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she made her MET debut in 2004 as
Frasquita in CARMEN under the baton of James Levine. Alyson Cambridge received both a
B.M. in Voice Performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a B.A. in Sociology
from Oberlin College and continued her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music before being
offered a place in the MET’s young artist program. Among numerous awards and prizes, Ms.
Cambridge has been awarded First Prize in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation
International Voice Competition, was a George London Foundation Award recipient, and
won the Régine Crespin Award Elardo International Opera Competition.
As part of Alyson’s personal mission, and with a strong desire to give back and make an
impact beyond the traditional confines of the theater, she lends her time and talent to
charities and causes close to her heart, including Sing for Hope, The Humane Society, K9s for
Warriors, Hope For Hearts Foundation and American Red Cross. And, as a former athlete and
fitness enthusiast, with a penchant for fashion, Alyson’s exotic looks (her father is
Caribbean/African, her mother American/Scandinavian) have enabled her to enjoy
collaborations with designers for her concert performances and off-stage appearances. She
serves as an official brand ambassadress for luxury jewelry and watch designer Chopard and
fashion designer Vivienne Tam.
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Updated February 2014: Dates reflect both past and upcoming contracted engagements
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